• DOI:10.2138/am.2011.3636
Corpus ID: 38696645

Nomenclature of the tourmaline-supergroup minerals

@article{Henry2011NomenclatureOT,
  title={Nomenclature of the tourmaline-supergroup minerals},
  author={D. Henry and M. Nov{\'a}k and F. Hawthorne and A. Ertl and B. Dutrow and P. Uher and F. Pezzotta},
  journal={American Mineralogist},
  year={2011},
  volume={96},
  pages={895 - 913}
}

D. Henry, M. Novák, +4 authors F. Pezzotta

Published 2011

Chemistry

American Mineralogist

Abstract A nomenclature for tourmaline-supergroup minerals is based on chemical systematics using the generalized tourmaline structural formula: XY3Z6(T6O18)(BO3)3V3W, where the most common ions (or vacancy) at each site are X = Na1+, Ca2+, K1+, and vacancy; Y = Fe2+, Mg2+, Mn2+, Al3+, Li1+, Fe3+, and Cr3+; Z = Al3+, Fe3+, Mg2+, and Cr3+; T = Si4+, Al3+, and B3+; B = B3+; V = OH1- and O2-; and W = OH1-, F1-, and O2-. Most compositional variability occurs at the X, Y, Z, W, and V sites… CONTINUE READING

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